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Why ignoring accessibility is the biggest failure in modern web development
🎨 The site looks stunning.
✨ Animations everywhere.
📦 Fancy components from 5 different UI libraries.
But…
🛑 Can’t tab through inputs.
🛑 Screen readers can’t interpret it.
🛑 Color contrast fails every WCAG test.
🛑 <div>s everywhere — no semantic structure.
It’s not a website. It’s a visual trap.
🤦♂️ Developers are forgetting the web is for everyone
Modern dev trends prioritize:
- Pixel perfection over progressive enhancement
- JavaScript-only rendering instead of graceful fallbacks
<div class="button">instead of a proper<button>- Custom-styled checkboxes that break with keyboard input
And then they call it “clean code.”
📉 Who does this hurt?
- Blind and low-vision users relying on screen readers
- Keyboard-only users (yes, they exist)
- Elderly users on slow devices or browsers
- Color-blind individuals navigating broken UI contrast
- Anyone using assistive tech — which millions depend on
The web is supposed to be universal. Now it’s just exclusion with better typography.
💡 The worst part? It’s avoidable
- HTML already gives us semantic structure
- ARIA roles exist for a reason
- There are tools like Lighthouse, Axe, and Screen Reader emulators
- WCAG standards are public, free, and easy to follow
But teams ignore them because… “It’s not a priority right now.”
✅ What should we do?
🧱 Use native elements: Buttons, inputs, labels — they exist for a reason
🔍 Test with a screen reader: If it breaks, it’s broken
🧑🦯 Include accessibility from day one — not as an afterthought
🌈 Design with contrast and motion sensitivity in mind
🧪 Audit everything before calling it “done”
❓Ask yourself:
- Would your site still work if you couldn’t use a mouse?
- Could a blind person complete your checkout?
- Are you building for users — or just for Dribbble?
👉 Accessibility is not a feature — it’s a foundation.
Don’t just build websites that look good.
Build websites that work for everyone.
Post inspired by the ongoing neglect of web accessibility in modern dev practices, and the voices of disabled users constantly being left out of the digital experience.